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HENEY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



SCABIOSA CaITCASICA. 



SCABIOSA. 



Handsome l)order plants, .succeeding in any ordinary soil if 

 well drained and in a sunny location, and should be grown in 

 everv garden where cut flowers are wanted; tliey last a long 

 time wlien picked and placed in water. 



Caucasica ( lUne Bonnet). A soft and cliarining shade of 

 lavender, and commences to bloom in June, throwing stems 

 IS to 24 inches high until September. 

 — Alba. A pure white variety. 



Japonica. Lavender-blue flowers, in bloom from July to Sep- 

 tember; 2 feet. 



25 cts. each; Ji2.50 per do/. 



SEDIT^ (Stone-crop). 



DWARF VARIETIES. 



Suitable for the rockery, carpet bedding, covering of graves, 

 etc. 



Album. Green foliage, white flowers. 

 Sexangulare. Dark green foliage, yellow flowers. 

 Sieboldi. Kound. succulent, glaucous foliage, briglit pink 



fli>\vers in August and September. 

 Stahli. Compact species with crimson-tinted foliage in autumn. 

 Spurium. Attractive pink flowers; H inches. 



Coccineum. A beautiful crimson-flowered form. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



ERECT, OR TALL-GROWING VARIETIES. 



Useful and pretty plants for the border, producing their in- 

 teresting flowers during late summer and fall. 

 Spectabilis. One of the prettiest erect-growing species, at- 

 taining a height of 18 inches, with broad light green foliage 

 and immense heads of handsome showy rose-colored flowers; 

 indispensable as a late fall-blooming plant. ]•') cts. each; 

 %\.bi) per doz. 



•» Brilliant." A rich colored form of the preceding, being 



a bright amaranth red. 25 cts. each; §!2.50 per doz. 



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Spm.tA ARirNcus. 



, SII^EXE (Catchflyl. 



Alpestris. A good rock- work plant, wrows about 4 inches 

 liij;h, with glistening white flowers in July and August. 



Schafta {AiitiDim C'otchili/). A charming border or rock 

 plant, growing from 4 to (! inches high, wiih masses of bright 

 pink flowers from July to October. 



15 cts. each; $1..50 per doz. 



SPIRAEA. 



(Goat't Beard, Meadow Sweet.) 



Elegant border plants with feathery plumes of flowers and 



neat, attractive foliage; succeed best in a half shaded location 



in rich, moist soil. 



Aruncus. A noble variety, 3 to 5 feet high, producing in 

 June and July long, feathery panicles of white flowers. 



Chinensis. A handsome species, with large heads of silvery- 

 pink flowers in June and July; 2 feet. 25 cts. each; $2M) 

 per doz. 



Filipendula Fl. PI. ( DonltUftmriTed Drcp-irort). Numer- 

 ous corMiibs of double white flowers on stems 15 inches high, 

 duriiit; June and July, and pretty fern-like foliage. 



Palmata Elegans. A free-flowering, silvery-pink. 



Price, except where noted, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



STATICE. 



(Great Sea Lavender) 

 Latifolia. A most valuable plant either I'or the border or 

 rockery, with tufts of leathery leaves and iinmer.se candelabra- 

 like heads, frequently 1 1 .feet high and 2 feet across, of pur- 

 plish-blue minute flowers from June to September; these, if 

 cut and dried, last in perfect condition for months. 15 cts. 

 each; $1.50 per doz. 



